Simply put, it’s been my experience, that the candidates with “fire-in-the-belly” rise to the top or garner attention locally pretty fast, while the wallflowers might have the same message, they never catch fire, so ‘ruthlessness’ is definitely in play. :)
Ok, good to know....the only problem is that Republican primary voters only vote for “wallflowers” because they get good press, and are therefore “electable”.